Idaho Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

by Robert E. Ballard

Idaho Ghost Towns and Mining Camps updated accounting of mining camps and towns that grew and prospered during one of the greatest gold and silver strikes ever seen in the western United States.

Adventurers from all walks of life ventured into un known regions to play a game of chance with find ing wealth in a mountain stream or deep beneath the snow-covered earth. Behind them they left the towns they had built, the railroad tracks that had connected them to the outside world and equipment now rusted from years of abandonment.

Follow easy directions to locate the sites of over 120 towns and camps throughout Idaho. Lodging is suggest ed along the way when more than one day is required. You will even learn how one camp in Idaho helped to achieve our victory in World War II. It all took place right here. Where will be your first stop?